Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) is a 3D printing method that builds objects by layering and cutting sheets of material.

Most of us are familiar with haptics on touch-screen phones. The feedback technology uses vibrating pulses to replace the tactility of, for example, pressing a physical button. At the recent computer ...

Every year at Adobe Max, Adobe shows off what it calls “Sneaks,” R&D projects that might — or might not — find their way into commercial products someday. This year is no exception, and lucky for us, ...

At the ongoing annual Steam Dev Days conference in Seattle, Valve seems to have a heavy focus on virtual reality, with the announcements made on the technology including the unveiling of prototypes ...

Researchers at MIT have created a camera that is capable of locating hidden objects, like pedestrians behind a wall, and tracking their movement. The tech needed to do this feat typically involves ...

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Abstract: Design has been called one of the defining characteristics of engineering, and it has been long-argued that design is equally social and technical in practice. The field of Science and ...